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BOTH OF THEM WERE SIXTY-FIVE by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: ORDINARILY I WOULDN'T BE INTRODUCING AARON COPLAND TO IDA STERN
Last Line: A fiddle to match, a fire -- and candles -- burning
Subject(s): BIRTHDAYS; LOVE;
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